Fate and Her Fool [T]
Aug 14, 2018 8:44:42 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 8:44:42 GMT -7
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Scrubb, with all his meager skills, knew that he could merely wait for the eggs to broil and the thing would be done. He also knew that doing so would lead to a hell of a time peeling the shell off of every egg. Following the memory of his mother, he poured a good amount of salt into the pot. Doing so would speed up the cooking time, make the shells easier to peel and, thanks to the shells, wouldn't negatively affect the flavor of the eggs. The key was to make sure the eggs weren't overcooked to the point of a pale, unappetizing yolk, but to also be cautious of having runny, undercooked eggs. They were called hard boiled eggs, after all.
Now it was time to wait. Or was it? The genin thought about how to further improve the recipe. A thought occurred to him, and he quickly procured a large bowl, a hard container, a bottle of syrup, and a bottle of soy sauce from the cabinet. Using a spoon, he measured three spoons of syrup into the bowl and simply poured a a more than generous amount of soy sauce as well. Some physics and common sense dictated that the syrup would fall to the bottom of the mixture, so he stirred the contents of the bowl thoroughly with the spoon, making sure to scrape all the sticky syrup on the bottom as well.
Just as he finished stirring, Scrubb noticed that the eggs had begun to float to the top of the boiling water. He immediately turned off the stove and, after putting on some mittens, placed the pot in the sink, eggs and all. Removing the mittens, the aspiring cook turned the faucet on to its coldest extreme. He dipped his hands into the now warm pot and held the eggs until only the cold water was left. Next, he took out the eggs and peeled off their shells carefully so as not to damage the soft contents inside, one egg at a time. He found that rolling the shelled egg on a hard surface then gently rubbing the bits of shell off with a thumb was the most efficient method of going about it.
Scrubb, with all his meager skills, knew that he could merely wait for the eggs to broil and the thing would be done. He also knew that doing so would lead to a hell of a time peeling the shell off of every egg. Following the memory of his mother, he poured a good amount of salt into the pot. Doing so would speed up the cooking time, make the shells easier to peel and, thanks to the shells, wouldn't negatively affect the flavor of the eggs. The key was to make sure the eggs weren't overcooked to the point of a pale, unappetizing yolk, but to also be cautious of having runny, undercooked eggs. They were called hard boiled eggs, after all.
Now it was time to wait. Or was it? The genin thought about how to further improve the recipe. A thought occurred to him, and he quickly procured a large bowl, a hard container, a bottle of syrup, and a bottle of soy sauce from the cabinet. Using a spoon, he measured three spoons of syrup into the bowl and simply poured a a more than generous amount of soy sauce as well. Some physics and common sense dictated that the syrup would fall to the bottom of the mixture, so he stirred the contents of the bowl thoroughly with the spoon, making sure to scrape all the sticky syrup on the bottom as well.
Just as he finished stirring, Scrubb noticed that the eggs had begun to float to the top of the boiling water. He immediately turned off the stove and, after putting on some mittens, placed the pot in the sink, eggs and all. Removing the mittens, the aspiring cook turned the faucet on to its coldest extreme. He dipped his hands into the now warm pot and held the eggs until only the cold water was left. Next, he took out the eggs and peeled off their shells carefully so as not to damage the soft contents inside, one egg at a time. He found that rolling the shelled egg on a hard surface then gently rubbing the bits of shell off with a thumb was the most efficient method of going about it.